Trade wars: A pause or is the end in sight?

How history can provide answers to today's tariff stand-off

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To understand the support for tariff wars which has been led by US President Donald Trump, especially from his core base and so-called disenfranchised part of the electorate, we have to look back at some significant structural shifts that happened in the US and most G7 economies over the past 40 years.

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